Why did The Irvine Company scale back its plan for East of Orange?
Over the past decade, The Irvine Company has been revising its plan for the Irvine Ranch land east of Orange. As planners began to formulate a new plan for the 7,100-acres previously approved as part of the 1989 East Orange General Plan (EOGP), they had to factor in the significance of the 2001 land donation that permanently protected 11,000 acres of open space within the city’s sphere of influence. The land gift shrunk major development areas included in the EOGP and forced planners, along with the community, to re-think the vision for the area.
